UH on alert after jogger escapes attack

University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus Security issued an alert after a man driving a motorcycle allegedly tried to attack a summer school student while she was jogging on Dole Street.

The incident occurred at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday.

The student said she was jogging along Dole Street when she noticed a male riding a large black motorcycle following her. The motorcycle rider passed the student multiple times on Dole Street as if trying to talk to the jogger, who was wearing earphones, UH Campus Security said.

The suspect drove his motorcycle into the access road for the Hale Aloha towers and unsuccessfully tried to reach for the student as she jogged by. When she ran toward the voices of people nearby, the suspect rode away.

The suspect is described as in his late 20s or early 30s, 6 feet tall and 180 pounds with a medium build and a brown crew cut. He was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans.

Woman suspected of stealing checks

A 39-year-old Leeward Oahu homeless woman is a suspect in two forgery cases in which police say someone stole checks from mailboxes and tried to cash them at banks.

Police said the suspect allegedly stole checks from the mailboxes of a 49-year-old Waianae woman on June 15 and a 64-year-old Kapolei woman on June 27. Police arrested the suspect Tuesday in Waianae.

The woman was booked for investigation of second-degree forgery, two counts of second-degree theft and unauthorized possession of personal information.

Korean visitor to Maui apparently drowns

A 64-year-old Korean woman died Tuesday in an apparent drowning at Honolua Bay, according to the Maui Fire Department.

Maui firefighters responded to a possible drowning at the West Maui bay at 11:33 a.m. and found lifeguards and bystanders performing CPR on the woman.

Firefighters and paramedics took over, but couldn’t revive the woman, a visitor from South Korea. She died at the scene.